از کیسه خلیفه بخشیدن |
Make free/ bold with sth |
Example: Your friends at the party who made so free with the drinks were not invited. | |
با چشم غیر مسلح |
With the naked eye |
Example: You should not look at the sun with the naked eye. | |
به امتحانش می ارزد |
Give it/ sb a try |
Example: Even if you think you will not enjoy, give it a try. | |
وارد اصل مطلب شدن |
Get down to business |
Example: Well, time’s moving on; I suppose we’d better get down to business now. | |
مثل ساعت کار کردن |
As regular as clockwork |
Example: The postman comes at 8:40 in the morning as regular as clockwork. | |
Hey, friends. You remember I talked about slang. Now let’s see what you have learned. Let’s go through some of them:
Joy: hey, Kim. Can you lend me 20 bucks?
Kim: oh, dear I’m sorry. I’m broke.
Debbie: hi Gina. I was really into the bash last night.
Gina: yeah, me too. I had a blast at the bash.
Peggy: you seem really ticked off. What’s up?
Nick: I had a blowout on the way work. So I got to work late.
Peggy: chill out.
Bucks=dollar$
Broke=having no money
Be into sth= enjoy sth
Bash=party
Blast=wonderful time
Ticked off=angry
What’s up? = what’s the matter?
Blowout= flat tire
Chill out= relax, calm down
Best wishes,
Parvin.
Nice Jokes for Nice People
1) “Aunt Mary has a new baby,” a mother told her small daughter. “What was
wrong with the old one?” answered the little girl.
2) Dad- “Son, I’m spanking you because I love you.” Son-“I’d sure like to be big enough to return your love.”
3) “Why are you crying, little girl?” “Cause my brother has holidays and I don’t.” “Well, why don’t you have holidays?” “Because I don’t go to school yet.”
4) “Mommy, do you love me?” “Of course” “Then why not divorce daddy and marry candy man?”
5) A boy was about to purchase a seat for a movie. The box-office man asked,” Why aren’t you at school?” “Oh, it’s all right sir,” said the youngster earnestly.” I’ve got measles.”
English language words
Parts of speech
Nouns e.g. chair, information, happiness
Verbs e.g. choose, tell, and complain
Adjectives e.g. happy, tall, dangerous
Adverbs e.g. slowly, carefully, often
Prepositions e.g. in, at, on
Pronouns e.g. me, you, him, we, it, she
Articles e.g. definite article (the); indefinite article (a/an)
Special! Terms
Uncountable noun: (U) a noun which has no plural form and cannot be used with the indefinite article, e.g. information.
Plural noun: (p1) a noun which only has a plural form and cannot be used with the indefinite article, e.g. trousers.
Infinitive: the base form of a verb, e.g. (to) work, (to) stop, (to) be.
Phrasal verb: a verb + adverb and/or preposition, e.g. turn on (verb + adverb), look after (verb + preposition), give up (verb + adverb), and put up with (verb + adverb + Preposition)
Idiom: a group of words with a meaning that is different from the individual words, e.g. never mind, hang on, a short cut, keep an eye on something.
Transitive verb: a verb which needs a direct object, e.g. Police caught the man (‘the man’ the direct object of the verb ‘caught’).
Intransitive verb: a verb which does not need a direct object, e.g. the books arrived on time. (There is no direct object after arrive.)
Word building
In the word uncomfortable, un- is a prefix, comfort is a root, and -able is a suffix. Other common prefixes include: re-, in-, and dis-; common suffixes include: -ity, -ment, and -ivt Many words also have synonyms, which are words with the same meaning. For example; ‘big’ is a synonym of ‘large’. The opposite is small’.
Pronunciation
Dictionaries show the Pronunciation of a word using phonetic symbols. Each word contains one or more syllables: ‘book’ has one syllable; ‘before’ has two syllable (be-fore); ‘cinema’ has three syllables (ci-ne-ma); ‘education’ has four syllables (e-du-ca. tion); and so on.
For pronunciation, it is important to know which syllable has the main stress. On ‘before’ is the second syllable (be ‘fore) on ‘cinema’ it is the first (‘cinema); and on ‘education’ it is third (edu’cation).
Note: Dictionaries mark stress in different ways: in bold (return); or a ‘before the main syllable (re’turn). Make sure you understand how your dictionary shows it.
Punctuation
Full stop. Comma, brackets ( ) hyphen - question mark ?
سلام
تافل بخش شنیداری هم داره.
و اما ادامه درس
Abbreviated styles
Some styles of writing and speech have their own special grammar rules, often because
Of the need to save space or time.
1) Advertisements and instructions
Small ads and instructions often leave out articles, subject or object pronouns, forms of be and prepositions.
Cars wanted for cash. Contact Evans,
(Not cars are wanted for cash…)
Single man looking for flat oxford area. Phone 806127 weekends. Job needed urgently.
Will do anything legal. Call 31563. Pour mixture into large saucepan, heat until boiling, then add three pounds sugar and leave on low heat for 45 minutes.
Can be assembled in ten minutes. Easy to clean. Simple controls. Batteries not included.
۲) Notes
Informal notes, diary entries etc often follow similar rules.
Gone to hairdresser. Back 12.30.
Book tickets phone Ann see Joe 11.00 meeting Sue lunch
The same style may be used in postcards and short information letters.
Dear, Gran
Watching tennis on TV. A good book. Three meals a day. No washing up. Clean sheets every day. Everything done for me. Yes, you’ve guessed-in hospital!!
Only went to doctor for cold-landed up in hospital with pneumonia!! If you have time please tell the others-would love some letters to cheer me up.
Hope to see you.
Love, Pam
۳) Commentaries
Commentaries on fast –moving events like football matches also have their own grammar. Less important verbs are often left out.
Goal kick…and ball… the score still Spurs3, Arsenal 1….that’s Pearce….Pearce to Coates...Good ball…Sawyer running wide…
4) Titles, notices etc
Titles, labels, headlines, notices and slogans usually consist of short phrases, not complete sentences. Articles are often left out, especially in the names of buildings and institutions.
Royal Hotel
Super Cinema
Information office
Bus stop
Police out
More money for nurses
5) Headlines
Newspapers headlines have their own special grammar and vocabulary.
Record drugs haul at airport: six held
Four die in blaze